Wazir
Khan's head was stuck up on a spear and lifted high up by a Sikh who took
his seat in the deceased's howdah (a seat atop of elephant). The Sikhs with
one voice and in wild excitement raised the sky-rending shouts of Sat-Sri-Akal.
The Sarhind's troops on beholding the Nawab's head took alarm, and trembling
fled helter skelter in dismay and despair. The
Sikhs fell upon them and there was a terrible carnage. Sikhs reached Sarhind
by nightfall. The gates of the city were closed. The guns mounted on the
walls of the fort commenced bombardment. The Sikhs laid siege to the place.
They took rest in the night. Wazir Khan's family and many Muslim nobles fled
to Delhi at night. By
next afternoon Sikhs forced open the gates and fell upon the city. The
Government treasury and moveable property worth two crores fell into Banda's
hand which was removed to Lohgarh. Several Muslims saved their lives by
embracing Sikhism. Dindar Khan son of Jalal Khan Rohilla became Dindar
Singh. The official newswriter of Sarhind Mir Nasir-ud-din changed his name
to Mir Nasir singh. (Yar Mohammand, Dastur-ul insha, page 37, Persian).

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